Tag: seen on my run

  • Bridge Cathedral

    On a recent misty morning, I went for a run to scout the East side of the Fremont Bridge for a photo shoot. What I found in the fog was yes, a bridge, but also a soaring cathedral, full of skyward arches and graceful lines. Made of cement not stone so a modern day church,…

  • When Things Change

    For a few weeks in the fall my running schedule and shorter days made it possible to see some glorious sunrises: The colors were amazing and I was stunned into stopping, filled with awe. Not all days have been so vividly colorful. Daylight savings meant getting up later in the sun’s path through the day. But the weather also…

  • Dearest Freshness and Ah! Bright Wings

    God’s Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared…

  • The Space Between Them

    When you’re trail running, sometimes you don’t see people for a long time. It could be miles or an hour or two. And when you finally happen upon one or two, it’s almost shocking. Every sense is concentrated and every detail about this person or people in the landscape is absorbed. When there’s more than…

  • Breutiful Calero Reservoir Trail Run 2014

    Breutiful. Yes, spell check, exactly that. The Calero Reservoir Trail Run put on by West Coast Trail Runs was breutiful.  The reservoir is nestled in the land of barns and bales in a South San Jose valley. Next to the valley are some impressive mountains. Not the Swiss Alps but still, enough to be breutiful…